Muskegon News

It takes several day and dozens of volunteers, but each year the gravesites of veterans in Muskegon County are decorated with an American flag.

Police looking for a 25-year-old woman who disappeared from her job at a west Michigan gas station last month are getting 20 tips a day.

Meijer has Issued a product withdrawal due to possibility of very small plastic Fragments in Angus Beef Ground Chuck Sold at North Muskegon, Michigan Store.

The store at 1800 Holton Road is hoping to recover about 200 pounds of ground chuck sold on Wednesday, May 22 with sell by date May 23, 2013.

The Rev. Craig Alan Satterlee was elected May 21 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the North/West Lower Michigan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America .

Among the places in the Muskegon Chronicle's coverage area that showed the biggest changes were Grand Haven, which increased by about 200 people or 1.9 percent from 2011 to 2012.

This community in Ottawa County is one of the fastest growing in West Michigan. A new census report says Crockery Township added 95 people between 2010 and 2012, for a total of 4,130 residents.

The owner of Insani-T's, a novelty shop in Muskegon, has been charged with a seven-year felony for allegedly selling a banned synthetic substance that mimics the effects of marijuana.

Dr. Dennis Cobler stood on hallowed ground on a cold, damp morning back in April, scrub brush at the ready, one of a handful of Vietnam veterans from Muskegon County given the rare honor of washing The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Muskegon area residents from the Vietnam Veterans of America and their families and friends scrub the ... (more)

Organizers are worried that the market at West Western Avenue and Terrace Street will interfere with the festival, which traditionally has used West Western Avenue from Seventh Street to Terrace Street.

Every year, crews man the AirFacs in order to provide increased search-and-rescue capabilities and faster response times to Lake Michigan during the busy boating season.

Terry Joel Nolan , one of Muskegon's leading criminal-defense attorneys, plans to plead guilty as charged to using cocaine.

A Western Michigan University student has completed a six-day, 216-mile kayak trip down the Muskegon River to raise money for Parkinson's disease research, education and advocacy.

With one in seven houses lying vacant, it's exactly what neighborhood President Catherine Mooney was hoping to turn around when she found the MI Neighborhood program about five months ago.

Muskegon, Michigan, May 22, 2013 - On May 16, the professional regional orchestra moved into its new headquarters on the second floor at 360 W. Western Avenue - and ushers in a new era of music as The Block prepares to debut a few weeks later.

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Dr. Katrina Olson accepted her nomination as the next president of the Muskegon County Medical Society on Tuesday night well aware of the challenges.

It's been a week since a Muskegon Township insurance company was robbed by a masked man, and it appears the suspect, so far, managed to get away with it.

The question of how late is too late when it comes to serving beer at festivals in the city of Muskegon has the City Commission appearing unsure of the best policy.

The sites are part of Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank Inc., a regional food bank in Comstock Park, according to information provided by Muskegon County Cooperating Churches.